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Author Archives: rarefilm
Third Finger, Left Hand (1940) Robert Z. Leonard, Myrna Loy, Melvyn Douglas, Raymond Walburn

Magazine editor Margot Merrick pretends to be married in order to avoid advances from male colleagues. Read More »
Dark Streets of Cairo (1940) László Kardos, Sigrid Gurie, Ralph Byrd, Eddie Quillan

Jewel smugglers in Cairo try to pin their crimes on a kidnapped baron. Read More »
My Crasy Life (1992) Jean-Pierre Gorin

A probing look at a Samoan street gang in a closed community in Long Beach Read More »
Photographing Fairies (1997) Nick Willing, Toby Stephens, Emily Woof, Ben Kingsley

Photographer Charles Castle is numbed with grief following the death of his beautiful bride. Read More »
As Time Goes by (1988) Barry Peak, Bruno Lawrence, Nique Needles, Ray Barrett

A surfer who stops in for a bite to eat at a 1940s-type diner eventually realizes Read More »
Crossroads / Jûjiro (1928) Teinosuke Kinugasa, Akiko Chihaya, Junosuke Bandô, Yukiko Ogawa

After falling in love with a courtesan, Rikiya is blinded by ash during a fight in a brothel. Read More »
Hotel (2001) Mike Figgis

While a British film crew are shooting a version of The Duchess Of Malfi in Venice Read More »
The Lady Confesses (1945) Sam Newfield, Mary Beth Hughes, Hugh Beaumont, Edmund MacDonald

Shortly before she is to be married, a young woman gets a visit from her fiance’s wife Read More »
Wanda (1970) Barbara Loden, Michael Higgins, Dorothy Shupenes

In the coal mining region of Pennsylvania, Wanda Goronski is constantly drinking to shut out the problems in her life. Read More »